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"How I Won the War" quotes

How I Won the War poster
An inept British World War II commander leads his troops through a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.

Director: Richard Lester
Writer: Patrick Ryan, Charles Wood
Production: N/A
Genre: comedy, war
Year: 1967
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 5.5
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 23 Oct 1967
Awards: N/A

11 video clips

GripweedClapperGrappleGoodbodyJuniperTransomSpool
I'm not a thief Now then you're all clean for gangrene - How I Won the War 00:07 I'm not a thief Now then you're all clean for... You married No I play the harmonica - How I Won the War 00:04 You married No I play the harmonica Well our officer calls me up and he says Musketeer Gripweed - How I Won the War 00:17 Well our officer calls me up and he says Musketeer Gripweed Treat us like human beings What we want is more humane killers - How I Won the War 00:06 Treat us like human beings What we want is more humane... Never underrate the wily Pathan - How I Won the War 01:07 Never underrate the wily Pathan To beat the Hun dig in then break through with sword and lance I think - How I Won the War 00:08 To beat the Hun dig in then break through with sword and... I can't I fear I can't march properly on my own as an officer in the public eye - How I Won the War 00:18 I can't I fear I can't march properly on my own as... Fourth Muskets aren't you Been expecting you - How I Won the War 00:11 Fourth Muskets aren't you Been expecting you Will you take my horse sir - How I Won the War 00:51 Will you take my horse sir Bayonet Where's your bayonet Must have left it sticking in the enemy - How I Won the War 00:33 Bayonet Where's your bayonet Must have left it sticking... Jokes Mind you I'm working class - How I Won the War 00:11 Jokes Mind you I'm working class

Cast

Lt. Goodbody - Michael Crawford
Gripweed - John Lennon
Clapper - Roy Kinnear
Transom - Lee Montague
Juniper - Jack MacGowran
Grapple - Michael Hordern
Melancholy Musketeer - Jack Hedley
Odlebog - Karl Michael Vogler
Spool - Ronald Lacey
Drogue - James Cossins
Dooley - Ewan Hooper
American General - Alexander Knox
British General - Robert Hardy
Mrs. Clapper's Friend - Sheila Hancock
Happy-Trousered Man - Charles Dyer
Paratrooper - Bill Dysart
Skipper - Paul Daneman
Staff Officer - Peter Graves
Toby - Jack May
Old Man at Alamein - Richard Pearson
Woman in Desert - Pauline Taylor
Operator - John Ronane
Henry Bridgehouse, Soldier at Alamein - Norman Chappell
Reporter - Bryan Pringle
Mrs. Clapper - Fanny Carby
1st Old Lady - Dandy Nichols
2nd Old Lady - Gretchen Franklin
Large Child - John Junkin
Driver - John Trenaman
1st Replacement - Mick Dillon
2nd Replacement - Kenneth Colley
Death Soldier - Neil Aspinall
German Soldier with grenade - Klaus Baruck
German Soldier Extra - Hermann Benecke Jr.
Woman in House Extra - Ellen Benschus
German Extra - Willi Holze
Wounded German Soldier Extra - Manfred Huhs
Child in House Extra - Harald Jandtke
Child in House Extra - Karin Jandtke
Franz - Til Kiwe
Man with suspenders in House Extra - Hermann Küster
German MG Soldier Extra - Hartfried Nientkewitz